On the other hand, when a Fox News poll asked the question, ?Do you favor or oppose giving individuals the choice to invest a portion of their Social Security contributions in stocks or mutual funds?? the result was the exact opposite. When the question focused on the issue itself, sixty percent of the respondents said they favor giving people the choice.

Third, leaders inspire the best in people, which is to believe in themselves. Faith in individual liberty and choice produces solutions to problems for the common good of the people. Liberals incite the worst in people, such as jealousy and envy. This produces divisiveness, dysfunctional social systems, and bigger government for the good of their political party. Laggards do not inspire or incite people. They just ignore people.

The Social Security system will not fix itself, and the crisis cannot be solved by raising taxes and reducing benefits. The president has made the issue a priority, but liberals and laggards want to stonewall the issue to avoid facing the painful truth.

We are all thankful for the few real leaders we have in Washington, D.C. They need to hear from us on a regular basis that we support them in their fight to do the right thing for our country. I believe they can be successful with the persistence of the voting public.

Former Congressman J.C. Watts once told me that seventy percent of those elected to Congress are just happy to be there. They are not leading and they are not following. Either way, they are just in the way of solving this nation?s most challenging issues of restructuring the Social Security system and replacing the tax code.

My grandfather made his living as a farmer. Just before he would take a wagon load of produce into town to the farmers market, he would say to everyone standing around the wagon, ?Them that?s going get on the wagon. Them that ain?t get out of the way.?

Leaders can lead if liberals and laggards would just get out of the way. But it will not happen without a vocal and persistent public.